Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 213 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
We rolled up to this slide minutes after it occurred. Triggered low on an adjacent slope, this avalanche failed on facets above the Thanksgiving rain/heat crust.